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(19 Jul 2023)
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Bogota - 19 July 2023
1. Various drone aerials of demonstration in Plaza Bolivar ++MUTE++
2. Demonstrators waving Colombian flags during protest
3. Demonstrator playing Vuvuzela horn and holding sign reading (Spanish) "Pay for not killing"
4. Demonstrators holding banner reading (Spanish) "President (Gustavo) Petro: the weapons of the Republic are only carried by the FFMM (Colombian Military Forces) and the National Police"
5. Demonstrators with Colombian flags in Plaza Bolivar
6. Demonstrator holding sign reading (Spanish) "We want to defend the heroes of the homeland"
7. Retired military veterans posing for photos at demonstration
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Carlos Contreras, retired Colombian army sergeant:
"We have been in these protests for more than four years, in these marches, sit-ins and it's the same thing, they have not wanted to support our soldiers and our heroes. It has all been propaganda, and they keep on doing the same thing."
9. Demonstrators holding giant Colombian flag
10. Demonstrators blowing whistles
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Martinez, retired Colombian army colonel and protest spokesperson:
"The message is to tell the Colombian people that we, the retired military and police officers, are not indifferent to the national problem and to the national government that they need 100% support for our public security."
(Question: "Colonel, how do you see the situation of the country at this moment?")
"Quite delicate and difficult, especially in view of the fact that in the national panorama, security is one of the most important issues of our proclamation."
12. Demonstrator playing vuvuzela
13. Various of demonstrators marching
14. Demonstrators in Plaza Bolivar
15. Drone aerials of demonstration in Plaza Bolivar ++MUTE++

STORYLINE:
Military veterans and retired police officers took to the streets of Bogota on Wednesday to protest security reforms initiated by Colombian President Gustavo Petro's government.

The rally also coincided with Colombia's annual Day of the Heroes to commemorate officers killed in action.

Former service personnel have staged continuous demos since Petro took office, saying they want the president to change his stance on negotiations with and management of armed rebel groups.

The protest was held as President Gustavo Petro works on a peace plan which aims to reach a cease-fire with the National Liberation Army (ELN), the last standing guerrilla organization in Colombia.

In June, the government and the rebel group agreed to a six-month ceasefire.

The communist-inspired military force remained active after the dissolution in 2017 of the FARC, a larger group that spent decades in conflict with the government.

Colombia and the ELN started talks in November, shortly after Petro, an ex-rebel, was elected as Colombia’s first leftist president.

Petro has called the talks a cornerstone of his effort to resolve a conflict that dates back to the 1960s.

Critics say the cease-fire also limits the actions of law enforcement agencies.

AP Video shot by Marko Alvarez

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